The decade has brought us major-label blockbusters, indie favorites, the world's greatest Geocities gem, and more. Here are some of the best albums the 2020s have had to offer.
The musician, composer, and media artist, best known for creating "plunderphonics," has been focusing on his Rascali Klepitoire project, for which he mines the classical repertoire from Beethoven to Varèse to compose new works.
An interview with Lawrence English + our Writers' Panel on Cucina Povera's 'Dalmarnock Tapes', Jean-Luc Guionnet & Will Guthrie's 'Electric Rag', and Éliane Radigue's 'Occam Ocean 3'
After co-founding the influential Sheffield industrial band Cabaret Voltaire in the 1970s, Chris Watson turned to field recording. He has had an illustrious career as a sound recordist with both solo work and commissions for organizations like National Geographic and the BBC Natural History Unit.
This fall, David Toop has two new albums out on Room40, a collage of field recordings collected throughout his life called "Field Recording and Fox Spirits" and an immaculately produced series of sonic set pieces called "Apparition Paintings." Matthew Blackwell spoke with him about Edgar Allan Poe, the nature of field recordings, and the problem of time under capitalism.